It’s Your Wally Grout by Wally Wright $25 (+ $5 postage) Wally Wright gives a personal account of the career of his grandfather, the great Australian wicket-keeper. John Harms looks at It’s Your Wally Grout
1964 A Game, A Season, A State by Michael Sexton
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1964 A Game, A Season, A State by Michael Sexton $30 (+ $5 postage) Michael Sexton looks at the characters and the times which made for a golden period in South Australian football. Review by Chris Riordan
Australia: Story of a Cricket Country (edited by Christian Ryan)
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Australia: Story of a Cricket Country (edited by Christian Ryan) $75 (special Almanac price) (+ $10 postage) (normal retail price $90) The game, its characters and its place in Australia’s culture: superbly told in words and pictures. An extended version of John Harms’ essay for the book. John Butler reviews Australia Story of a [Read more]
The Australian Game of Football since 1858
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The Australian Game of Football: Various $90 (hardcover) (+ $10 postage) The official AFL publication celebrating football’s 150th anniversary. From the hotly debated origins of the game to modern times, this book encompasses a broad sweep across football’s history.
The Story of the Melbourne Cup
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The Story of the Melbourne Cup: Various $90 (hardcover) (+ $10 postage) The history, the horses and the personalities that have made the Cup the nation’s race. Superb photos and writing covering 1861 until the present day.
Australian Football Clubs in New South Wales by Miles Wilks
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Australian Football Clubs in New South Wales by Miles Wilks $35 (A4 size) ($10 postage) A comprehensive look at the contribution of NSW Aussie Rules clubs to the VFL/AFL. Filled with stories and photographs of those who have crossed the border to make their mark in the big leagues. Miles Wilks discusses Australian Football Clubs in NSW
The Stats Revolution by Ted Hopkins
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The Stats Revolution by Ted Hopkins: $30 (+ $5 postage) Ted Hopkins helped win one of the greatest ever grand finals, then became a poet and writer, and then invented a system of measures that transformed the way the game of football was understood. ‘Football’s Futurist’ tells his story his way.
Manangatang by Adam McNicol
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Manangatang by Adam McNicol: $45 (+ $5 postage) Adam McNicol’s tribute to his family’s Mallee hometown. Full of wonderful anecdotes and characters. A little gem of Australian social history.
AFL Legends by Sean Gorman
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Legends The AFL Indigenous Team of the Century by Sean Gorman $40 (+$5 postage) Sean Gorman’s celebration of the indigenous footballer in the VFL/AFL. John Harms reviews Legends
Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic by James Gilchrist
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Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic by James Gilchrist: $30 (+ $5 postage) “A little Nick Hornby, a little Frank McCourt…” – Greg Baum James Gilchrist’s long and complicated relationship with the Collingwood football club. John Butler reviews Tortured Tales…
Top Australian Albums of 2011
December 28, 2011 by 11 Comments
by Andrew Fithall Last year I wrote about my top ten albums for the year, but there were no geographical boundaries. For some reason (probably the influences of my radio station of choice) this year my music perspective has become a bit narrower. This list is following that trend. My top twelve (couldn’t settle [Read more]
Book Review: Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic
October 27, 2011 by 19 Comments
Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic James Gilchrist Connor Court Publishing Paperback $30 Your choice of football team can affect so much. This presumes, of course, that familial loyalties allow for the luxury of choice. For many, this is not an option. Food, shelter and clothing can be at stake. Even if you are [Read more]
Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic by James Gilchrist:
October 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
James Gilchrist will be speaking at the ECCC Sportsnight on the 25th October. Details here. Tortured Tales of a Collingwood Tragic is the story of one boy’s struggle to become a man despite the pain of drawn grand-finals, boundary-line incidents, the schoolyard taunts of Carlton-loving scumbags and even the awkwardness of coming to terms [Read more]
Review of “The Club” New Paintings by Peter Ferrier
September 29, 2011 by 1 Comment
Love of Football is in the Air – its final time and time for art and I popped in to an exhibition a few weeks ago to get to see Peters work again. He used to be in a Gallery onSt.Kilda Roadand I used to drive back on my way home from work, and check [Read more]
Book Review: 1964 A GAME, A SEASON, A STATE
August 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Michael Sexton published by and available through www.sportswords.com.au Michael Sexton’s 1964 is a “niche” book. Those for whom “1964 SANFL season” strikes a chord – typically 50+ sports loving Croweaters – will cherish this wonderful snapshot of South Australian society and sport.
Review: Mr. Cleansheets
February 8, 2011 by 9 Comments
Mr. Cleansheets Author: Adrian Deans Publisher: Vulgar Press Published 2010 Reviewed by Adam Muyt This is a lads book, a ‘Boys Own’ adventure through the footballing landscape that is England. Seriously, I can see this book doing well in the UK amongst a large slab of the football-loving populace. Not bad for an aussie author [Read more]
Book Review: Best On Ground
January 29, 2011 by 7 Comments
Best on Ground – Great Writers on The Greatest Game Peter Corris and John Dale (eds) Viking (an imprint of Penguin Books) 2010 The stories of how supporters have come to support a particular team, and how their life has been moulded by that allegiance, are good stories when well told. This collection of sixteen [Read more]
Book Review: A Prodigious Tome for an Epic Tale
November 7, 2010 by 4 Comments
A Prodigious Tome for an Epic Tale Book: The Red Fox: The Biography of Norm Smith Writer: Ben Collins Publisher: The Slattery Media Group, 2008. Contemporary football biographies continue to fill a lucrative corner of the sports publishing market place. Rarely does a champion seem to retire without the close accompaniment of a publishing deal. [Read more]
Book Review: This Sporting Life
October 16, 2010 by 10 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis One of the early fictional accounts of a footballer’s life was This Sporting Life by David Storey. This work examines the contradictions and paradoxes that affect a footballer’s career directly and vicariously through the actions and attitudes of those involved with the main character, named Arthur Machin. Machin works at the factory [Read more]
Five Infamous AFL Documentaries
August 22, 2010 by 11 Comments
By Wednesday night the attention of the vast football public will turn to the premiere of the revealing and highly anticipated Ben Cousins documentary. The well-documented two-part series is set to provide a greater insight into the Brownlow Medallist’s publicized drug addiction and with the support of his family and friends the documentary will attempt [Read more]
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